Mountain Climbing Tuesday

Oh look! Some snow, I slid down the hill on the snow! 

 On Tuesday we went hiking, with a Rotarian and one of my host mom's friends. I had to wake up at 7:15 am, which was not my ideal time to get out of bed during vacation. None the less I got out of bed and we headed out to Gottard Pass where we would begin the hike. Thankfully, I was able to sleep for the 1 hour drive to the trail head. Once we arrived we set out on the hike to the top of 'Glubin' mountain. It was absolutely perfect day; blue skies and sunshine. We started out with a trail, but after a while we were walking over rocks and following the signs. We were high enough up, that there was a little bit of snow!    


<= For Sean, these are abandoned Swiss military bases. There were all sorts of look out spot all over the mountain while we were hiking! The bases are no longer used by the Swiss military, but are all locked up.        

The beautiful view from the top of the mountain. You can see the continental divide, between Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. You look straight and can see Tissin, the Italian part of Switzerland. And behind that is Italy. On my left was Austria. It was a perfect view of the Alps. You could even see the snow from the glaciers, at 9000'.

<= Me from the top of the mountain! Absolutely exhausted from all the hiking, and we still had to get down the mountain! 

It was a lovely day, but when we finally got to the car I almost automatically fell asleep. I was completely exhausted. It was a lovely hike, but I was so tired; a combination of the elevation, German, and the long hike. Apparently this is the last time for hiking till Spring, it will start getting cold and snow will cover the mountains soon!